Inside America's Famous Sex Study

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

How could recording people having sex be 'for science'? Same question for sleeping with your colleagues? Well, these were just two of the practices embraced by the subject of today's conversation.

Donna Drucker is returning to the podcast to discuss pioneering sexologist, Alfred Kinsey. Donna, from Colombia University, is author of The Classification of Sex.

This episode was edited by Nick Thomson. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm your host, Kate Lister.
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0:26.3	In our new season of This Is History, prepare yourself for a tale of the ultimate frenemies.
0:31.8	Two cousins locked in a bitter fight for power, from boyhood companions to deadly rivals.
0:37.4	This is the story of King Richard II, who becomes a magnificent but murderous tyrant.
0:42.8	His nemesis, a dashing nobleman famous across the world.
0:46.2	It's his cousin, Henry Bollingbrook.
0:48.3	Will Henry be the man to stop him?
0:50.2	The story continues.
0:51.7	Join me, Dan Jones, on This Is History, A Dynasty to Die for, available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:59.5	Hello, my lovely betwixters. It's me, Kate Lister. You are listening to Betwixter sheets. Have you got that right? Is that the podcast that you actually want to be listening to? You haven't mistaken us for something else?
1:11.9	Okay, then.
1:13.0	Let's crack on. Oh, wait, before we crack on.
1:14.5	I have to tell you.
1:15.6	This is an adult podcast book.
1:16.8	I'm adults to other adults about adultery things in an adultery way covering my adult subjects,
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